Four attackers and two security forces personnel were killed in the initial battle, with an additional security force member dying from injuries hours later.[10][11] The gun battle and the subsequent combing operation lasted about 17 hours on 2 January, resulting in five attackers and three security personnel dead.[12][13] Further three soldiers died after being admitted to hospital with injuries, raising the death toll to six soldiers.[2] On 3 January, fresh gunshots were heard, and another security officer was killed by an IED explosion.[14][15] The operation continued on 4 January, and a fifth attacker was confirmed killed.[16] Not until a final militant was reported killed on 5 January was the anti-militant operation declared over, though further searches continued for some time.[17]
The attack received wide international condemnation.[18] Though the United Jihad Council, a Kashmir-based militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack on 4 January,[5] the attackers, who were wearing Indian Army fatigues,[7] were subsequently suspected to belong to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed, a group designated a terrorist organisation by India, the US, the UK and the UN.[19][20]
The attack led to a breakdown in India-Pakistan relations, which remained largely unresolved as of September 2023.[21] Media reports suggested that the attack was an attempt to derail a fragile peace process meant to stabilise the deteriorated relations between India and Pakistan, as several pieces of evidence were found linking the attackers to Pakistan.[22][23][24][25]
Shahid Latif, a senior Jaish-e-Mohammed commander and mastermind of the attack was assassinated by unknown gunmen on October 10 2023.[26] Latif, along with his brother and bodyguards, were targeted at dawn in a mosque in Daska, Pakistan.[27][28][29]